Money-order-blank protector



No. 622,|53. Patented Mar. 28, |899.

G. JOHNSON.

MONEY ORDER BLANK PROTECTOR, CUTTER, AND HAND REST.

(Application led Nov. 1B, 189B.) (No Model.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT EETCE.

GEORGE JOHNSON, OF JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY.

MONEY-ORDER-BLANK PROTECTOR, CUTTER, AND HAND-REST.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 622,153, dated March 28, 1899.

Application led November 18, 1898. Serial No. 696,802. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, GEORGE JOHNSON, of Jersey City, in the county of Hudson and State of New Jersey, have invented a new and Improved Money-Order-Blan k Protector, O u tter, and Hand-Rest, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of the invention is to provide a new and improved device for use on a block of money-order blanks to permit a postmaster or other person to conveniently and readily iill out a money-order blank and to separate the several parts from each other and the illed coupon from the block.

The invention consists of novel features and parts and combinations of the same, as will be fully described hereinafter and then pointed outin the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure l is a plan Viewof the improvement. Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the same, and Fig. 3 is transverse section of the same on the line 3 3 in Fig. l.

The improved device is provided with a base A of a size corresponding to the bottom of a block B of money-order blanks, and on the rear end of said base are erected posts O C', adapted to receive eyes D2, formed on the Arear ends of arms D D', arranged to extend transversely over the uppermost money-or der blank in the block B, as is plainly indicated in Figs. l and The forward ends of the arms D D are secured to a rest E, arranged to extend along the front of the block B, at the upper end thereof, so that the operator can conveniently place his arm on said rest when filling out the uppermost blank of the block B. The arms D and D' are prevented from upward movement on the posts O O by thumb-nuts O2, which screw on said posts, said posts being threaded for that purpose.

In order to securely hold the block B in proper position on the base A, I provide the front of the latter with pivoted retainingarms F, adapted to be swung up against the front of the block, as indicated in Fig. 2, and as the block becomes less in height upon removal of the filled-out orders said arms can be Agradually swung outward and downward, so

as not to interfere with the position of the rest E. A similar retaining-arm F is ou one end of the base A to prevent the block from sliding in that direction.

The edges of the arms D D are preferably knife-edged to serve as cutters in tearing off the check B3 from the order B proper and in tearing oft' the stub B2 from the end of the blank forming part ot' the block. Thus the arm D serves as a cutter for the check B3, and the other arm D serves as a cutter for separating the coupon B2 from the remaining short piece of the block.

In using the device the block B is placed in position on the base A, and then the re taining devices F F are swung upward to hold the block against movement either transversely or longitudinally. The eyes D2 of the arms D D are now engaged with the upper ends of the posts C C', so that said arms rest on the uppermost blank in the block, the cutting edges of the arms being along the perforations of the blank, as is plainly indicated in Fig. 1. The nuts O2 are now screwed on the upper ends of the posts O O' to hold the arms against upward movement. rest E is now supported on 'the front of the block B, at the upper end thereof, the top surface of the rest being in alinement with the top surface of the uppermost blank.

A When the several parts are in this position, the postmaster or his assistant is readily enabled to fill out the money-order blank at the top of the block in the usual manner, and after this has been done the check BB is torn off along the cutting edge of the arm D. Then the order B is removed by its free end from under the arm D', the usual cutter for separating the order B from the coupon B2 is applied along the value-column, and then the order B is torn oli' from the coupon B2, after which the latter is torn off along the cutting edge of the arm D. The order B goes to the customer, the check B3 is sent to the postmaster who is to pay the order, and the coupon B2 is iled by the postmaster :issuing the order. The short piece of blank remaining under the arm D is now pulled out and removed from the block, and a slight turn is given to the nuts O2, so as to bring the arms in proper position on the top of the second or.

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arms D D' slide down on the posts C O as theA orders are removed from the block, and in this manner a postmaster or his assistant is enabled to conveniently and readily iill out the orders and separate the several parts from each other.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patentl. A device of the class described, comprising a base, supporting-posts carried on the base, and a hand-rest having transverse arms for extending over the face of a block of money-order blanks and engaging said posts, substantially as shown and described.

2. A device of the class described, comprising a base, supporting-posts carried on the base, and a hand-rest having transverse arms for extending over the face of a block of money-order blanks and engaging said posts, said arms being formed with cutting edges for separating the several parts of the filledont blanks, substantially as shown and described.

3. A device of the class described, comprising a base, supporting-posts carried on thc base, ahand-rest having transverse arms for extending over the face of a block of moneyorder blanks and engaging said posts, and lneans for holding said armsagain'st upward movement on said posts, as set forth.

h 4. Adevice of the class described, provided with a hand-rest, and arms for extending over ablock of money-order blanks, to support said hand-rest, said arms being provided with cutting edges for tearing off the blanks along their side edges, substantially as shown and described.

5. A device of the class described, comprising a base, screw-threaded posts on the rear side thereof, a hand-rest having transverse arms adapted to extend over the face of a block of money-order blanks, the said arms being formed on the rear ends with eyes engaging the said posts, nuts screwing on the said posts and holding the arms against upward movement on said posts, and retaining devices on the front and end of the base, to hold a block of money-order blanks in place on the base, substantially as shown and described.

GEORGE JOHNSON.

Witnesses:

NORA S. GARRisoN, WILLIAM SnAnLs. 

